Deadspin | Kyle Schwarber blasts two homers as Phillies outslug Cubs 
Apr 13, 2026; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia Phillies left fielder Kyle Schwarber (12) celebrates his home run in the dugout with teammates against the Chicago Cubs during the third inning at Citizens Bank Park. Mandatory Credit: Eric Hartline-Imagn Images Kyle Schwarber homered twice, drove in three runs and scored four times to help the Philadelphia Phillies to a 13-7 win against the visiting Chicago Cubs on Monday evening in the opener of their three-game series.
J.T. Realmuto had three hits and three RBIs, Brandon Marsh added three hits, two RBIs and two runs scored, and Adolis Garcia contributed two hits, an RBI and two runs scored for the Phillies, who had lost four of five.
Phillies left-hander Cristopher Sanchez (2-1) went six innings, allowing two runs and six hits while striking out eight and walking three.
Dansby Swanson hit a two-run homer, and Ian Happ, Moises Ballesteros and Miguel Amaya each had two hits and a run scored for Chicago, which has dropped three of four.
Cubs starter Javier Assad (1-1) was tagged for nine runs and 11 hits over 4 1/3 innings. The right-hander struck out three and walked two.
Assad surrendered his first home run of the season when Schwarber lifted an 0-1 changeup over the 401-sign in center field for a 1-0 lead.
Realmuto had an RBI single in the second to make it 2-0, and Schwarber belted a two-run homer into the seats in center for a 4-0 lead.
Swanson went the other way on a Sanchez sinker and dropped a two-run homer into the right-field seats to cut it to 4-2.
After the Phillies loaded the bases with no outs in the fifth, Marsh doubled into the left-center field gap to bring home two runs, an Alec Bohm sacrifice fly brought home another, and Bryson Stott and Realmuto followed with RBI singles to stretch the lead to 9-2 and end the night for Assad.
Philadelphia tacked on three more runs in the sixth on an RBI double by Garcia, a run-scoring groundout by Alec Bohm and an RBI single by Realmuto for a 12-2 lead.
The Phillies added on an unearned run in the seventh to make it 13-2.
That cushion proved advantageous as Chicago scored five runs in the eighth with help from two errors from the Phillies to cut it to 13-7.
Phildelphia went 8-for-14 with runners in scoring position.
–Field Level Media
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Apr 13, 2026; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia Phillies left fielder Kyle Schwarber (12) celebrates his home run in the dugout with teammates against the Chicago Cubs during the third inning at Citizens Bank Park. Mandatory Credit: Eric Hartline-Imagn Images Kyle Schwarber homered twice, drove in three runs and scored four times to help the Philadelphia Phillies to a 13-7 win against the visiting Chicago Cubs on Monday evening in the opener of their three-game series.
J.T. Realmuto had three hits and three RBIs, Brandon Marsh added three hits, two RBIs and two runs scored, and Adolis Garcia contributed two hits, an RBI and two runs scored for the Phillies, who had lost four of five.
Phillies left-hander Cristopher Sanchez (2-1) went six innings, allowing two runs and six hits while striking out eight and walking three.
Dansby Swanson hit a two-run homer, and Ian Happ, Moises Ballesteros and Miguel Amaya each had two hits and a run scored for Chicago, which has dropped three of four.
Cubs starter Javier Assad (1-1) was tagged for nine runs and 11 hits over 4 1/3 innings. The right-hander struck out three and walked two.
Assad surrendered his first home run of the season when Schwarber lifted an 0-1 changeup over the 401-sign in center field for a 1-0 lead.
Realmuto had an RBI single in the second to make it 2-0, and Schwarber belted a two-run homer into the seats in center for a 4-0 lead.
Swanson went the other way on a Sanchez sinker and dropped a two-run homer into the right-field seats to cut it to 4-2.
After the Phillies loaded the bases with no outs in the fifth, Marsh doubled into the left-center field gap to bring home two runs, an Alec Bohm sacrifice fly brought home another, and Bryson Stott and Realmuto followed with RBI singles to stretch the lead to 9-2 and end the night for Assad.
Philadelphia tacked on three more runs in the sixth on an RBI double by Garcia, a run-scoring groundout by Alec Bohm and an RBI single by Realmuto for a 12-2 lead.
The Phillies added on an unearned run in the seventh to make it 13-2.
That cushion proved advantageous as Chicago scored five runs in the eighth with help from two errors from the Phillies to cut it to 13-7.
Phildelphia went 8-for-14 with runners in scoring position.
–Field Level Media
![Deadspin | Report: FIFA to ask Trump to pause ICE raids during World Cup [US, Mexico & Canada customers only] Dec 5, 2025; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; United States of America President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Final Draw at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Mandatory Credit: Mandel Ngan-Reuters via Imagn Images FIFA’s leadership discussed the possibility of its president, Gianni Infantino, asking United States President Donald Trump to pause ICE raids during this summer’s World Cup in North America, according to a report from The Athletic. Infantino was receptive to the idea and was planning a “president-to-president” request to Trump for ICE’s role surrounding the World Cup to be reduced, per the report. It has not yet been reported if Infantino has formally made the request or how Trump and the U.S. administration would respond. During Trump’s second term, ICE has raided multiple U.S. cities in an effort to deliver on the President’s message of mass deportation he campaigned on ahead of the 2024 election. In addition to deportations, these raids have led to conflicts with protestors, including the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti earlier this year in Minneapolis. Acting ICE (U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement) director Todd Lyons previously said agents would be involved in security at matches for this summer’s event, the largest World Cup in FIFA history with 48 teams. Members of Congress have raised concerns about ICE’s presence surrounding the World Cup leading instead to immigration-enforcement raids. Los Angeles-based workers at SoFi Stadium — where the U.S. team will play two of its three group-stage games — threatened to strike last week over similar concerns. According to the report, a number of FIFA member federations, particularly in Europe, have shared their concerns about the presence of ICE agents around the event. FIFA originally believed that limiting ICE activity in the 11 American cities that will be hosting matches would suffice. However, with travel expanding well beyond those locations with teams setting up base camps across the country in cities that won’t be hosting matches, FIFA now desires a total suspension of all ICE raids during the entire World Cup, which is being held from June 11 through July 19. Trump and Infantino have struck up a relationship which could pay off with the request being honored. FIFA has an office in New York’s Trump Tower and the organization gave the President the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize in December during the World Cup draw event. –Field Level Media #Deadspin #Report #FIFA #Trump #pause #ICE #raids #World #Cup](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/27745179.jpg "Deadspin | Report: FIFA to ask Trump to pause ICE raids during World Cup [US, Mexico & Canada customers only] Dec 5, 2025; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; United States of America President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Final Draw at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Mandatory Credit: Mandel Ngan-Reuters via Imagn Images FIFA’s leadership discussed the possibility of its president, Gianni Infantino, asking United States President Donald Trump to pause ICE raids during this summer’s World Cup in North America, according to a report from The Athletic. Infantino was receptive to the idea and was planning a “president-to-president” request to Trump for ICE’s role surrounding the World Cup to be reduced, per the report. It has not yet been reported if Infantino has formally made the request or how Trump and the U.S. administration would respond. During Trump’s second term, ICE has raided multiple U.S. cities in an effort to deliver on the President’s message of mass deportation he campaigned on ahead of the 2024 election. In addition to deportations, these raids have led to conflicts with protestors, including the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti earlier this year in Minneapolis. Acting ICE (U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement) director Todd Lyons previously said agents would be involved in security at matches for this summer’s event, the largest World Cup in FIFA history with 48 teams. Members of Congress have raised concerns about ICE’s presence surrounding the World Cup leading instead to immigration-enforcement raids. Los Angeles-based workers at SoFi Stadium — where the U.S. team will play two of its three group-stage games — threatened to strike last week over similar concerns. According to the report, a number of FIFA member federations, particularly in Europe, have shared their concerns about the presence of ICE agents around the event. FIFA originally believed that limiting ICE activity in the 11 American cities that will be hosting matches would suffice. However, with travel expanding well beyond those locations with teams setting up base camps across the country in cities that won’t be hosting matches, FIFA now desires a total suspension of all ICE raids during the entire World Cup, which is being held from June 11 through July 19. Trump and Infantino have struck up a relationship which could pay off with the request being honored. FIFA has an office in New York’s Trump Tower and the organization gave the President the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize in December during the World Cup draw event. –Field Level Media #Deadspin #Report #FIFA #Trump #pause #ICE #raids #World #Cup")
![Deadspin | Report: FIFA to ask Trump to pause ICE raids during World Cup [US, Mexico & Canada customers only] Dec 5, 2025; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; United States of America President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Final Draw at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Mandatory Credit: Mandel Ngan-Reuters via Imagn Images FIFA’s leadership discussed the possibility of its president, Gianni Infantino, asking United States President Donald Trump to pause ICE raids during this summer’s World Cup in North America, according to a report from The Athletic. Infantino was receptive to the idea and was planning a “president-to-president” request to Trump for ICE’s role surrounding the World Cup to be reduced, per the report. It has not yet been reported if Infantino has formally made the request or how Trump and the U.S. administration would respond. During Trump’s second term, ICE has raided multiple U.S. cities in an effort to deliver on the President’s message of mass deportation he campaigned on ahead of the 2024 election. In addition to deportations, these raids have led to conflicts with protestors, including the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti earlier this year in Minneapolis. Acting ICE (U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement) director Todd Lyons previously said agents would be involved in security at matches for this summer’s event, the largest World Cup in FIFA history with 48 teams. Members of Congress have raised concerns about ICE’s presence surrounding the World Cup leading instead to immigration-enforcement raids. Los Angeles-based workers at SoFi Stadium — where the U.S. team will play two of its three group-stage games — threatened to strike last week over similar concerns. According to the report, a number of FIFA member federations, particularly in Europe, have shared their concerns about the presence of ICE agents around the event. FIFA originally believed that limiting ICE activity in the 11 American cities that will be hosting matches would suffice. However, with travel expanding well beyond those locations with teams setting up base camps across the country in cities that won’t be hosting matches, FIFA now desires a total suspension of all ICE raids during the entire World Cup, which is being held from June 11 through July 19. Trump and Infantino have struck up a relationship which could pay off with the request being honored. FIFA has an office in New York’s Trump Tower and the organization gave the President the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize in December during the World Cup draw event. –Field Level Media #Deadspin #Report #FIFA #Trump #pause #ICE #raids #World #Cup](https://i2.wp.com/images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/27745179.jpg?ssl=1 "Deadspin | Report: FIFA to ask Trump to pause ICE raids during World Cup [US, Mexico & Canada customers only] Dec 5, 2025; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; United States of America President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Final Draw at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Mandatory Credit: Mandel Ngan-Reuters via Imagn Images FIFA’s leadership discussed the possibility of its president, Gianni Infantino, asking United States President Donald Trump to pause ICE raids during this summer’s World Cup in North America, according to a report from The Athletic. Infantino was receptive to the idea and was planning a “president-to-president” request to Trump for ICE’s role surrounding the World Cup to be reduced, per the report. It has not yet been reported if Infantino has formally made the request or how Trump and the U.S. administration would respond. During Trump’s second term, ICE has raided multiple U.S. cities in an effort to deliver on the President’s message of mass deportation he campaigned on ahead of the 2024 election. In addition to deportations, these raids have led to conflicts with protestors, including the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti earlier this year in Minneapolis. Acting ICE (U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement) director Todd Lyons previously said agents would be involved in security at matches for this summer’s event, the largest World Cup in FIFA history with 48 teams. Members of Congress have raised concerns about ICE’s presence surrounding the World Cup leading instead to immigration-enforcement raids. Los Angeles-based workers at SoFi Stadium — where the U.S. team will play two of its three group-stage games — threatened to strike last week over similar concerns. According to the report, a number of FIFA member federations, particularly in Europe, have shared their concerns about the presence of ICE agents around the event. FIFA originally believed that limiting ICE activity in the 11 American cities that will be hosting matches would suffice. However, with travel expanding well beyond those locations with teams setting up base camps across the country in cities that won’t be hosting matches, FIFA now desires a total suspension of all ICE raids during the entire World Cup, which is being held from June 11 through July 19. Trump and Infantino have struck up a relationship which could pay off with the request being honored. FIFA has an office in New York’s Trump Tower and the organization gave the President the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize in December during the World Cup draw event. –Field Level Media #Deadspin #Report #FIFA #Trump #pause #ICE #raids #World #Cup")
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